1987-88 NBA Awards Voting

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1986-87 Awards Voting 1988-89 Awards Voting

Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player Table
				Voting					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	Age	Tm	First	Pts Won	Pts Max	Share	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Michael Jordan	24	CHI	47.0	665.0	800	0.831	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	.535	.132	.841	21.2	.308
2	Larry Bird	31	BOS	16.0	527.0	800	0.659	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	.527	.414	.916	15.0	.243
3	Magic Johnson	28	LAL	16.0	508.0	800	0.635	72	36.6	19.6	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	.492	.196	.853	10.9	.199
4	Charles Barkley	24	PHI	1.0	109.0	800	0.136	80	39.6	28.3	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	.587	.280	.751	16.7	.253
5	Clyde Drexler	25	POR	0.0	86.0	800	0.108	81	37.8	27.0	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	.506	.212	.811	13.2	.207
6	Dominique Wilkins	28	ATL	0.0	55.0	800	0.069	78	37.8	30.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	.464	.295	.826	9.8	.160
7	Hakeem Olajuwon	25	HOU	0.0	40.0	800	0.050	79	35.8	22.8	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	.514	.000	.695	10.7	.182
8	Karl Malone	24	UTA	0.0	36.0	800	0.045	82	39.0	27.7	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	.520	.000	.700	10.1	.152
9	Fat Lever	27	DEN	0.0	26.0	800	0.033	82	37.3	18.9	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	.473	.211	.785	10.4	.163
10	John Stockton	25	UTA	0.0	15.0	800	0.019	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	.574	.358	.840	14.1	.238
11	Alex English	34	DEN	0.0	4.0	800	0.005	80	35.2	25.0	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	.495	.000	.828	7.6	.129
12	Isiah Thomas	26	DET	0.0	3.0	800	0.004	81	36.1	19.5	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	.463	.309	.774	7.6	.124
13	Mark Jackson	22	NYK	0.0	2.0	800	0.003	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	.432	.254	.774	7.6	.113
14T	Michael Adams	25	DEN	0.0	1.0	800	0.001	82	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	.449	.367	.834	7.5	.130
14T	Mark Aguirre	28	DAL	0.0	1.0	800	0.001	77	33.9	25.1	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	.475	.302	.770	8.8	.163
14T	Adrian Dantley	31	DET	0.0	1.0	800	0.001	69	31.1	20.0	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	.514	.000	.860	9.4	.210
14T	Buck Williams	27	NJN	0.0	1.0	800	0.001	70	37.7	18.3	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	.560	1.000	.668	7.6	.138

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year Table
				Voting					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	Age	Tm	First	Pts Won	Pts Max	Share	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Mark Jackson	22	NYK	77.0	77.0	80	0.963	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	.432	.254	.774	7.6	.113
2T	Greg Anderson	23	SAS	1.0	1.0	80	0.013	82	24.2	11.7	6.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	.501	.200	.604	2.3	.056
2T	Winston Garland	23	GSW	1.0	1.0	80	0.013	67	31.7	12.4	3.4	6.4	1.7	0.1	.439	.333	.879	1.7	.039
2T	Kenny Smith	22	SAC	1.0	1.0	80	0.013	61	35.6	13.8	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	.477	.308	.819	2.2	.049

Defensive Player of the Year

Sixth Man of the Year

Most Improved Player

More Awards Pages

Awards Index

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NBA Weekly & Monthly Awards

NBA & ABA Season Honors

NBA & ABA Miscellaneous Honors

NBA & ABA All-Star Game

NBA Referee Awards

Greg Willard Spirit Award

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NCAA Season Honors

AP All-America Teams

High School Season Honors

Olympic Team Selections

USA Olympic Basketball Team Rosters and Stats

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